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but bill clinton went straight for it. >> bill clinton countered issue by issue, the core republican question of whether or not americans are better off under president obama, getting one of his biggest applause lines on the issue of debt. >> the romney plan fails the first test of fiscal responsibility. the numbers just don't add up. i mean, consider this, what would you do if you had this problem, somebody says we got a big debt problem, we have to reduce the debt. what's the first thing he says we're going to do. to reduce the debt we'll have another $5 trillion in tax cuts. heavily weighted to upper income people. so we'll make the debt hole bigger before we start to get out of it. now, when you say what are you going to do about this $5 trillion, you just added on, they say we'll make it up, by eliminating loopholes in the tax code. so then you ask, well, which loopholes and how much? you know what they say? see me about that after the election. now people ask me all the time, how we got four surplus budgets in a row? what new ideas did we bring to washington. i always give a on
but bill clinton went straight for it. >> bill clinton countered issue by issue, the core republican question of whether or not americans are better off under president obama, getting one of his biggest applause lines on the issue of debt. >> the romney plan fails the first test of fiscal responsibility. the numbers just don't add up. i mean, consider this, what would you do if you had this problem, somebody says we got a big debt problem, we have to reduce the debt. what's the...
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bill clinton did it. and you know, bob, at the same time he created a surplus when he had been left by ronald reagan a big deficit. and ronald reagan and the first president bush. and in the same way, though, i mean, he did not do that in one term. he did not do that in one term. and i think it's important to remember that. >> schieffer: let me ask you about that. can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question of this election. the question, without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before george bush brought us the bush job losses,s bush recessions, the bush deficits, the series of desert wars, charged for the first time to credit cards, the national credit cards -- >> schieffer: but i mean, governor richardson and stephanie cutter. george bush is not on the ballots. >> but we are making progress. >> in terms of the question, "are people better off today than they were four years ago?" i want to remind you what was happenin
bill clinton did it. and you know, bob, at the same time he created a surplus when he had been left by ronald reagan a big deficit. and ronald reagan and the first president bush. and in the same way, though, i mean, he did not do that in one term. he did not do that in one term. and i think it's important to remember that. >> schieffer: let me ask you about that. can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago? >> no, but that's not the question...
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. >> they will send bill clinton, michelle obama. they will have other people to do this. >> schieffer: john what, about that? the president can't be out there on the stump if there are people whose lives are in danger? >> no, on the other hand, if you're exercising political leadership from the white house, that shows you're in command and in charge. i think it also can show people he's a strong active incumbent. there's another political storm i worry about, bob, and it's one we can't predict because it's happened before in florida 2000. if this election is close enough, we could be going to recounts, justly, florida, and not just in one state but several states. we now have 10,000 lawyers monitoring the polls this election. and i fear that with provisional ballots and absentee ballots and all these other things ruth talked about, we my not have a winner on wednesday. and the one thing all of us should hope for is the voters make this decision and it doesn't go to the lawyers and the judges. >> amen. >> that's the first time i've e
. >> they will send bill clinton, michelle obama. they will have other people to do this. >> schieffer: john what, about that? the president can't be out there on the stump if there are people whose lives are in danger? >> no, on the other hand, if you're exercising political leadership from the white house, that shows you're in command and in charge. i think it also can show people he's a strong active incumbent. there's another political storm i worry about, bob, and it's...
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when bill clinton raised taxes -- >> on whom? >> the top 5%. >> on household. >> the top 5% and median family income went from 46,000 to 53,000. when bush gave the tax cut it went from 42,050,000. >> it's not that, it's just that the philosophies are obviously -- this trickle down is the only -- the only thing that trickles is bad pee. >> romney is a workaholic. i would embrace my past. >> embrace his past? >> it's a race to define each candidate. if i'm mitt romney, i own who i am because it's a better story. >> including cayman islands tax deductions. >> are you going to own solyndra? >> mitt romney won't defend his because he won't talk about them because he's hiding them. >> or if you look at kim's piece, if you're a romney supporter, all of a sudden the i.r.s. is looking into to you or to your divorce records. that's one of the reasons they keep it secret. >> i'm glad to see politics where it should be. there's a lot of violence in the batman movie. >> ♪ >> given the tragedy in colorado, should we talk about banning violen
when bill clinton raised taxes -- >> on whom? >> the top 5%. >> on household. >> the top 5% and median family income went from 46,000 to 53,000. when bush gave the tax cut it went from 42,050,000. >> it's not that, it's just that the philosophies are obviously -- this trickle down is the only -- the only thing that trickles is bad pee. >> romney is a workaholic. i would embrace my past. >> embrace his past? >> it's a race to define each candidate....
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you look at bill gates and bill clinton. could there be an argument that a lot of these are lifetime achievement awards for what happened last century? >> i agree. and they're both doing tremendously noble things, both bill gates and bill clinton, around the world. but -- >> you're just saying they don't have the power they once had. >> no, they don't. >> kind of like papelbon's right arm. it's not what it once was. >> he's lost a little velocity. >> we're going to return with more of the most influential americans of the 21st century. and we'll answer the question who would americans most like to have dinner with? but first we'll tell you how the poll was conducted. take it away, willie. >> how the poll was done. here goes. msnbc commissioned the folks at princeton research to conduct a series of polls to determine the most influential americans of the 21st century based on the -- calls went out to randomly selected americans. the public narrowed the list to 39 influential people. posters made another round of calls tabulat
you look at bill gates and bill clinton. could there be an argument that a lot of these are lifetime achievement awards for what happened last century? >> i agree. and they're both doing tremendously noble things, both bill gates and bill clinton, around the world. but -- >> you're just saying they don't have the power they once had. >> no, they don't. >> kind of like papelbon's right arm. it's not what it once was. >> he's lost a little velocity. >> we're...
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he has bill clinton. >> pretty good. president obama followed with some comments about his first debate performance before taking a few digs at his opponent. >> everyone, please take your seats, otherwise clint eastwood will yell at them. win or lose, this is my last political campaign. so i'm trying to drink it all in. unfortunately mayor bloomberg will only let me have 16 ounces of it. ultimately, though, tonight's not about the disagreements govern are romney and i may have. it's what we have in common, beginning with our unusual names. actually mitt is his middle name. i wish i could use my middle name. some of you may have noticed i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i felt really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. although it turns out millions of americans focused in on the second debate, who didn't focus in on the first debate, i happen to be one of them. i particularly want to apologize to chris matthews. four years ago i gave him a thrill up his leg. this time around i gave
he has bill clinton. >> pretty good. president obama followed with some comments about his first debate performance before taking a few digs at his opponent. >> everyone, please take your seats, otherwise clint eastwood will yell at them. win or lose, this is my last political campaign. so i'm trying to drink it all in. unfortunately mayor bloomberg will only let me have 16 ounces of it. ultimately, though, tonight's not about the disagreements govern are romney and i may have. it's...
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secondly, were i barack obama, i might not bring up bill clinton and tax cuts because bill clinton is, of course, a guy that said, we need to cut corporate taxes, bill clinton's a guy that says, we don't need to raise taxes on anybody. i think he said that to harvey on cnn. that's a tougher -- it's a tougher pull for him. >> i wonder what bill clinton would think of what the president is proposing right now and perhaps it's a good idea -- >> i think he already said he's against it. >> say nice thing about bill clinton right now. talk about how much he loves bill clinton and then tell him to keep his mouth shut. michael steele. >> i think that's a fair point. i'm intrigued by the whole idea of this conversation to begin with. this invocation of bill clinton is nice, but what they fail to acknowledge is that what spurred that growth that they're talking about was not the tax rates that the top earners were paying, was the cut in capital gains that spurred those owners of industry and small businesses to go and invest in that economy that was being created and supported by welfare reform
secondly, were i barack obama, i might not bring up bill clinton and tax cuts because bill clinton is, of course, a guy that said, we need to cut corporate taxes, bill clinton's a guy that says, we don't need to raise taxes on anybody. i think he said that to harvey on cnn. that's a tougher -- it's a tougher pull for him. >> i wonder what bill clinton would think of what the president is proposing right now and perhaps it's a good idea -- >> i think he already said he's against it....
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. >> that's what bill clinton told me anyway. gentleman, thank you, appreciate your time tonight. thanks for that passionate conversation. hold the salt, bring on the profits. the ceo of boston market joins me next. and later, getting a head start in storm's trading action. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. covering 2,000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. at&t. rethink possible. insulifreestyle lite can.cities ahelp you test easy.on. they need a third the blood of onetouch ultra. zipwik tabs target the blood and pull it in. call now for free strips and a meter. looking for a better place to put your cash? here's one you may not have thought of -- fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank, like no-fee atms, all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash back into your fidelity account. open a fidelity cash management account today and discover another reason seriou
. >> that's what bill clinton told me anyway. gentleman, thank you, appreciate your time tonight. thanks for that passionate conversation. hold the salt, bring on the profits. the ceo of boston market joins me next. and later, getting a head start in storm's trading action. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. covering 2,000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. at&t. rethink possible. insulifreestyle lite can.cities ahelp you test easy.on. they...
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this is bill clinton speaking for himself and he took an ax to the whole thing when he was throughout with harry weinstein the other night. watch him. >> i don't think that we ought to get into the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. no question in terms of getting up to go to the office, and you know basically performing the essential functions of the office a man whos been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. >> there you go. mr. clinton, i don't know what he is doing, and governor, you know him well, and he is saying don't go down the negative road, and you can't win by bashing this guy on bain capital and you have to win this positively. >> the president is doing two things. number one, exactly what you said, chris. get out there and talk about what we are going to do, and we do have good plans and the plans that bob just outline and the plans of the president, and you are dead right. don't do $50 billion of infrastructure improvements over the next 18 months, because the cbo says $10 trillion of infrastructure and
this is bill clinton speaking for himself and he took an ax to the whole thing when he was throughout with harry weinstein the other night. watch him. >> i don't think that we ought to get into the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. no question in terms of getting up to go to the office, and you know basically performing the essential functions of the office a man whos been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. >>...
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i'll send bill clinton to las vegas instead. >> greg: he would have loved it. >> dana: it would have been all over the media. bill clinton went for him and instead he is on the campaign trail and es have rate the air of confidence he built up in four years. boston i couldn't a-- >> bob: i couldn't agree with you more than that. particularly las vegas. it can't think of a worse city to go to. >> kimberly: that's presidentcial? >> eric: you sent me an e-mail, kimberly, president obama missed the intel briefing again yesterday and decided to fly to las vegas again for a campaign pick up a check and say hello to everyone. can i point something out, bob? because president obama called it terrorism he can handle it another way. remember when major hissan killed people at fort hood and they called it workplace violence and now they can't get him to shave and sew up for trial. they can treat it differently. >> bob: the reality, bush rightfully so called for people to vote. they voted in people that you don't like. that's just too bad. >> kimberly: we don't like the policies. it's not a perso
i'll send bill clinton to las vegas instead. >> greg: he would have loved it. >> dana: it would have been all over the media. bill clinton went for him and instead he is on the campaign trail and es have rate the air of confidence he built up in four years. boston i couldn't a-- >> bob: i couldn't agree with you more than that. particularly las vegas. it can't think of a worse city to go to. >> kimberly: that's presidentcial? >> eric: you sent me an e-mail,...
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he gave us gary hart, he gave us bill clinton. he gave us the party of barack obama. >> you think about george mcgovern in 1972, you know, as the candidate of abortion, amnesty and acid, right? that was the caricature. he was the least comfortable -- you couldn't imagine someone less comfortable with that image. he was a principled anti-war candidate for sure. you know, he lost a catastrophic race against nixon, was destroyed in that race. and yet 1972 was the last democratic convention in miami, it was a smoke-filled room convention. all the post-watergate reforms that changed the primary system, changed the party grew out of that. you mentioned gary hart, huge national player in the mccoveramcgovern campaign. so many of the reformed democrats who would create the new democratic party cut their teeth with mcgovern. and you know, mcgovern never lost the taste for it. the most amazing thing that people forget, he ran again in 1984. >> yep. >> he thought about running again in 1992. >> you make a point. >> he wanted to help the coun
he gave us gary hart, he gave us bill clinton. he gave us the party of barack obama. >> you think about george mcgovern in 1972, you know, as the candidate of abortion, amnesty and acid, right? that was the caricature. he was the least comfortable -- you couldn't imagine someone less comfortable with that image. he was a principled anti-war candidate for sure. you know, he lost a catastrophic race against nixon, was destroyed in that race. and yet 1972 was the last democratic convention...
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bill clinton will give the same message. when you say you didn't build it on your own -- >> dana: bill clinton is going to say something as president that he didn't as president? >> bob: nothing he said as president. you can celebrate the vitality of the american worker. you have don't have to be laudatory about the guy that built the factory because he didn't do it by himself. he didn't. flat out didn't. >> eric: good news. 98 more days of you didn't do that. >> bob: that's right. we have to live through all of that. i'll tell you this. i will give up all the 1%ers to take the other 99%. >> dana: i can mention one last thing before we go? i think it's great. julian castro, the mayor of san antonio, going to give the primetime speech in 2012 for the dnc. there is a picture of him there. that is the same slot if you remember that president obama had when he was senator in 2004, which really launched him in to the national leadership. >> eric: that was a good speech. >> dana: absolutely. coming up, rush limbaugh thinks attacks
bill clinton will give the same message. when you say you didn't build it on your own -- >> dana: bill clinton is going to say something as president that he didn't as president? >> bob: nothing he said as president. you can celebrate the vitality of the american worker. you have don't have to be laudatory about the guy that built the factory because he didn't do it by himself. he didn't. flat out didn't. >> eric: good news. 98 more days of you didn't do that. >> bob:...
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the question is, does the event itself still go on with bill clinton? right now, for instance, they were still going to have clinton and biden events in youngstown this was supposed to be the second stop. there was a virginia stop that was going to be today, but this was sort of odd last night when the president left. and you wondered, well, what's he going to say this morning at this campaign event? you know, is he really going to go off on a romnesia riff? you know, so this doesn't surprise me at all. >> hey, chuck, a lot happening this past weekend. >> yeah. >> i don't even know where to start. the one thing, though, that you and i can probably agree on here is, it's hard to pick up trends. you see an ohio newspaper poll, oh, wait, okay. >> yeah. >> mitt romney is now even with the president. boy, the president's in a lot of trouble. and an hour later, "the washington post"/abc poll, wait, romney's down four. an hour later "the des moines register" decides they're going to endorse a republican since nixon. a minnesota poll that shows romney within th
the question is, does the event itself still go on with bill clinton? right now, for instance, they were still going to have clinton and biden events in youngstown this was supposed to be the second stop. there was a virginia stop that was going to be today, but this was sort of odd last night when the president left. and you wondered, well, what's he going to say this morning at this campaign event? you know, is he really going to go off on a romnesia riff? you know, so this doesn't surprise...
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what about this bain ad-- >> you said advertising-- >> schieffer: bill clinton of all people said mitt romney had a sterling record as a businessman. >> i saw that interview, bob? >> schieffer: what about that? >> what he said was his business record and the fact that he was a governor qualify him to be president. he went on to say that his economic views would be disastrous for the country. and i agree with him on that. no one's arguing whether mitt romney is qualified to be president. what we're arguing is whether he's qualified to call himself a job creator. that's not what he did in his business. that's not the purpose of his business, and it's certainly not what they did in massachusetts where they had one of the worst economic records in the country. when you hold yourself out as an economical oracle and say to people, "trust me, i know how to move the country forward," and your record says something else, of course you're going to be challenged for this. >> schieffer: i do notice this weekend and most of the week the president did not talk about bain capital. does that say that-
what about this bain ad-- >> you said advertising-- >> schieffer: bill clinton of all people said mitt romney had a sterling record as a businessman. >> i saw that interview, bob? >> schieffer: what about that? >> what he said was his business record and the fact that he was a governor qualify him to be president. he went on to say that his economic views would be disastrous for the country. and i agree with him on that. no one's arguing whether mitt romney is...
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take bill clinton. he was much better off the top of his head. is it going to be a little tougher for you? >> it's natural for me. my challenge up there is going to be to be i can't recall and being he said tell chris to be chris. that's what i will do. if i stray off the prompter every once in a while -- >> you're scaring him! >> we've talked a good bit in the past about how this republican party over the past 20 years has confined itself to the deep south. you look at what's happening. we've got you in new jersey, one of the most popular governors in the nation. you're plus 20 in the polls. nit mitt from massachusetts, paul ryan from wisconsin. is this a republican party that could be breaking out of that deep south strategy that they've been in answer '88? >> i think so. if you look at some of the folks, there's also john kasich in hai ohio. you'll seeing a blind sequence of most of our governors. he what has led you to be plus from the position where minus 20 when we started it interview in 2010? >> i continue to be myself. i haven't changed
take bill clinton. he was much better off the top of his head. is it going to be a little tougher for you? >> it's natural for me. my challenge up there is going to be to be i can't recall and being he said tell chris to be chris. that's what i will do. if i stray off the prompter every once in a while -- >> you're scaring him! >> we've talked a good bit in the past about how this republican party over the past 20 years has confined itself to the deep south. you look at what's...
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. >> what's bill clinton? >> bill clinton is an interesting mix. he is primarily what i call in the book a technocrat. it is somebody that says no, no, i'm for the future. very different from a jeremy rifkin or pat buchanan. i'm for the future. i like technology. i like economic progress, whatever. but i have this plan and the future must conform to my plan. it is a script. and that is actually assumption that we operate under in a lot of our political discussions that the future is something to be planned in have an as opposed to evolving. and i think bill clinton's bridge to the 21st century is a good metaphor for that because it was a very effective political slogan, particularly since bob dole pledged to build a bridge to the past. and so it mid a nice contrast. young, forward-looking candidates vs. the backward looking older candidate. but when you think about it, a bridge is a very static structure. it assumes we are all a point a and we are all going to go to point b and we know exactly where point b is. and we are going to build this bridge
. >> what's bill clinton? >> bill clinton is an interesting mix. he is primarily what i call in the book a technocrat. it is somebody that says no, no, i'm for the future. very different from a jeremy rifkin or pat buchanan. i'm for the future. i like technology. i like economic progress, whatever. but i have this plan and the future must conform to my plan. it is a script. and that is actually assumption that we operate under in a lot of our political discussions that the future is...
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find someone even as high ranking, frankly, as former president bill clinton to go and be the negotiator. i know he'd hate me for saying that, but we need a person of enormous prestige and influence to have these parties sit down together as an honest broker, but we have a lot of work to do to regain some credibility because we're crumbling all over the middle east. >>> any moment now president obama is set to touch down in cambodia, the second of two asian nations that no sitting u.s. president has visited before. first myanmar, a country rapid by transitioning from years of brutal military rule. president obama met with government officials as well as opposition leader aung san suu kyi who spent decades under house arrest and subsequent election to parliament. myanmar, also known as burma, has sweeping change to renewed focus on tackling poverty and political oppression. speaking in thailand president obama brushed off criticism that his trip may have been premature. >> this is not an endorsement of the burmese government, this is an acknowledgment that there's a process underway insid
find someone even as high ranking, frankly, as former president bill clinton to go and be the negotiator. i know he'd hate me for saying that, but we need a person of enormous prestige and influence to have these parties sit down together as an honest broker, but we have a lot of work to do to regain some credibility because we're crumbling all over the middle east. >>> any moment now president obama is set to touch down in cambodia, the second of two asian nations that no sitting u.s....
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bush or bill clinton or before him george h.w. bush, but willy last night reminded me of a lot of clinton speeches we got. a lot of smaller items. with clinton it was school uniforms, things that -- i mean, this was a very tested speech. every line was poll tested, but the practical line will be negligible. it sounded great. there were good small items in there. some items i disagreed with, but at the end of the day it's not going to transform -- it's not going to change washington. >> rhetorically it was a great speech. if you start with i killed osama bin laden and saved gm, that's a pretty good speech. when we talks about unity and getting things done that defies the reality. why should this year, all of a sudden, will we tackle big issuesisms that's what's brilliant. he's an incumbent who's running on change, and getting back to the american dream. although you say there's nothing dramatic that's going to happen from the state of the union, which i agree pretty much with every state of the union, there's the gestalt factor, no
bush or bill clinton or before him george h.w. bush, but willy last night reminded me of a lot of clinton speeches we got. a lot of smaller items. with clinton it was school uniforms, things that -- i mean, this was a very tested speech. every line was poll tested, but the practical line will be negligible. it sounded great. there were good small items in there. some items i disagreed with, but at the end of the day it's not going to transform -- it's not going to change washington. >>...
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bill clinton never really faced that. he had a different language a-different way of making arguments that allowed him to favor progressive policies but not be seen as hostile to private success. >> charlie:why do you think that is, jim, if you agree with it. >> i'm not sure he's hostiles''s perfect soafd. if you talk to business people even those who supported him in 2008 and there is a long roster of people who gave money to him, inspired by him in 208 now are not with him, they think his background does not have anything in it that comes from the entrepreneurial side. he's largely been in the academic world and government world. i'm not sure he is as antibusiness but allowed himself to be branded like that. one thing that's interesting about former president bill clinton i think john is absolutely right. he just has never had to face anything like that. he's able to -- his argument about the middle class is probably going to be the most effective sales pitch that this president can use for the next 60 days. if he was a
bill clinton never really faced that. he had a different language a-different way of making arguments that allowed him to favor progressive policies but not be seen as hostile to private success. >> charlie:why do you think that is, jim, if you agree with it. >> i'm not sure he's hostiles''s perfect soafd. if you talk to business people even those who supported him in 2008 and there is a long roster of people who gave money to him, inspired by him in 208 now are not with him, they...
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there was never a question of is bill clinton an american? there was question about a lot of things, the right wing attacked him in vicious ways, no doubt about that, but there's a different character to this attack on obama. >> i remember in 1992, republicans suggesting the right suggesting that bill clinton was a spy for the soviet union because there was this time he was over in the ussr they couldn't track him down and he was -- he was -- he had gone to oxford to be recruited by the kgb and to become president and to bring down this country. you remember that, as well. >> the passport file thing was all about? >> yes. >> no doubt there's some racial element to this. but i tend to agree with joe on this. i think every president. you look at the great presidential historians, and they'll all tell you every president, jon meacham, every president believes it was unfair, it was vicious. and the fact that we now have an african-american president, it shouldn't be a surprise there's some element of race to it. but at the end of the day, if he w
there was never a question of is bill clinton an american? there was question about a lot of things, the right wing attacked him in vicious ways, no doubt about that, but there's a different character to this attack on obama. >> i remember in 1992, republicans suggesting the right suggesting that bill clinton was a spy for the soviet union because there was this time he was over in the ussr they couldn't track him down and he was -- he was -- he had gone to oxford to be recruited by the...
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and probably bill clinton, probably and finally bill clinton and miley cyrus together in "d" block, two separate stories, i think. >> greg: thanks, andy and magic mike opening today? >> nah. >> i'm sorry andy. >> i know we were supposed to see it after the show tonight. >> i didn't know spin was going to be back in town. by the end of night it would not have been rude to offer your ticket? >> i said it's fine, i hope you enjoy the movie. >> have a great show. >> thanks. >> greg: with that. let's welcome our guests. >> she is so hot that wri
and probably bill clinton, probably and finally bill clinton and miley cyrus together in "d" block, two separate stories, i think. >> greg: thanks, andy and magic mike opening today? >> nah. >> i'm sorry andy. >> i know we were supposed to see it after the show tonight. >> i didn't know spin was going to be back in town. by the end of night it would not have been rude to offer your ticket? >> i said it's fine, i hope you enjoy the movie. >>...
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the biggest star is bill clinton. he asked bill clinton to appear in it. he consults with bush 41 and 43 about different things. the fantastic part in the piece is that after the killing of osama bin laden, the first two calls that barack obama made were to bush 41 and bill clinton. >> you know, obviously, you talk to people inside the white house and they're actually grateful that george w. bush has been as respectful in retirement as he has. in fact, sticking his neck out on the line on the auto bailout, which doesn't help george w. bush's own party, but certainly helped the president. 43, we've all criticized him. he's done a lot of things wrong, but he has stayed out of the -- >> we think of the presidency as being about individuals. it's actually an institution. george bush 43 has great vein ration for that. which his father held. he's not doing it to benefit barack obama per se. he's doing it to benefit the strength and integrity of the institution of the presidency. >> talk about jimmy carter. carter, of course, has always been a bit of a loner. he
the biggest star is bill clinton. he asked bill clinton to appear in it. he consults with bush 41 and 43 about different things. the fantastic part in the piece is that after the killing of osama bin laden, the first two calls that barack obama made were to bush 41 and bill clinton. >> you know, obviously, you talk to people inside the white house and they're actually grateful that george w. bush has been as respectful in retirement as he has. in fact, sticking his neck out on the line on...
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he said bill clinton was unbelievable president. where did he get the economic principles, obama could take the principles. >> bob: we're not sitting on the couch in the show. where a flight of fancy can happen to you. by the way, your sadness about the state of the economy is overwhelming. i was going to bring out my crying towel. bill clinton raised thongs the wealthiest people and had the eight greatest growth years in the united states. let me point this out for a second. in july, retail sales rose in july. 160,000 jobs in july. consumer confidence rose in june. exports are high in june. housing up in june over a year ago. bureau, is census bureau says the dow jones/industrials is at the highest it's been -- >> kimberly: four more years! four more years! >> bob: you could knock it but also say the number of new permits for housing starts and business starts went to all-time high. listen, the point is obama had to draw us out of the greatest recession. slowest recovery. the greatest recession -- >> andrea: we're in it. >> bob: we
he said bill clinton was unbelievable president. where did he get the economic principles, obama could take the principles. >> bob: we're not sitting on the couch in the show. where a flight of fancy can happen to you. by the way, your sadness about the state of the economy is overwhelming. i was going to bring out my crying towel. bill clinton raised thongs the wealthiest people and had the eight greatest growth years in the united states. let me point this out for a second. in july,...
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bill clinton, george h.w. bush. when there was time of crisis, you know what? those -- >> those two presides -- >> i didn't say george w. sh iaieorge h.w. bush and bill clinton. >> the great bush 41 line was what do you do when you have a few minutes in the white house? you call and say how's the weather in the desert. soou ll, ike o and in a hugely important way. and there's a great quote on this, you have to build the science of human relationships. and it is a science. maybe somebody should talk to the president and say, look, this is a scice tmaster. i do think, mika,his afedernance at home and abroad. i do think there is too much anecdotal evidence. talked about the senate democratic caucus and iust read thesila98 rounds of golf. anybody play golf with the guy? and nobody. >> nobody. because he doesn't -- he doesn't do the -- >> you think he should be having deep and intense meetings with nenyah >> tce6: the morning, i don't know if you think i'm a 3-year-old, but i'm not even going to waste my breath at 6:18 i
bill clinton, george h.w. bush. when there was time of crisis, you know what? those -- >> those two presides -- >> i didn't say george w. sh iaieorge h.w. bush and bill clinton. >> the great bush 41 line was what do you do when you have a few minutes in the white house? you call and say how's the weather in the desert. soou ll, ike o and in a hugely important way. and there's a great quote on this, you have to build the science of human relationships. and it is a science....
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no, no, not that bill clinton. former "snl" star darrell hammond breaks down the new details with us ahead. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ >>> republicans have entered a new fact-free phrase of the campaign, repeating one of their favorite fast talking points about the pr
no, no, not that bill clinton. former "snl" star darrell hammond breaks down the new details with us ahead. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. to compete on the global...
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here's bill clinton. you want to get attacked by the other side. >> well, bill clinton definitely wants to get attacked by the other side. but this was an attack on barack obama. and i do think there was some distance from bill clinton here. he's got to go out and defend obama particularly on thish. he's got this huge speaking role -- >> he signed the welfare bill. zwle signed the welfare bill. this came out in new york when bill clinton was in las vegas. came out from his foundation. he had to get it from the obama campaign or somewhere else. if you look at the language, it wasn't about savageness. he said it's not true and i find it disappointing. that's kind of time for politics these days. >> he wants to be the guy above it all, but he also wants to support. he doesn't want to be the attack dog, i agree. >> he's walking a fine line. >> so what do you think his point is? >> bill clinton's point? >> yeah. his goal. >> i think his point is mitt romney's wrong about it. this is really complicated policy w
here's bill clinton. you want to get attacked by the other side. >> well, bill clinton definitely wants to get attacked by the other side. but this was an attack on barack obama. and i do think there was some distance from bill clinton here. he's got to go out and defend obama particularly on thish. he's got this huge speaking role -- >> he signed the welfare bill. zwle signed the welfare bill. this came out in new york when bill clinton was in las vegas. came out from his...
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you heard bill clinton talking about the tax cuts. we had terrible unemployment numbers coming out last week. what would you advise the president to do at this point? >> look, the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdowns. certainly not on the side of overheating. and that means we've got to make sure that we don't take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that's got to be the top priority. we've got to make sure that what we keep providing support to the economy. the areas where we have done that, like support for the auto industry, we haven't had great results but much better results. in the areas where we aren't able to do what we wanted to do, areas like preserving jobs for teachers, areas like construction and investment and maintenance of the country's infrastructure, you look at the employment report, and we've really got terrible results. so the key priority has got to be for the short run making sure that there's the energy to keep the economy growing, because we're not going to do anything about
you heard bill clinton talking about the tax cuts. we had terrible unemployment numbers coming out last week. what would you advise the president to do at this point? >> look, the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdowns. certainly not on the side of overheating. and that means we've got to make sure that we don't take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that's got to be the top priority. we've got to make sure that what we keep providing support to the...
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a lot of people feel that bill clinton outshined obama. you yourself thought michelle obama was fantastic. and some people are suggesting that biden was even better. >> bob: i thought biden's speech was remarkably good. i think he made one or two mistakes in it. i was wrong. i thought obama would do, what is it again? mea culpa. which he did not do. >> kimberly: you promised us that. >> bob: i was wrong, and i admit it. but the thing about people dropping out of the workforce, remember that we're at the peak years coming up in the baby-boom generation and prim retiring. it has a lot to do with it. >> dana: but they don't want to retire. >> eric: this is the lost participant -- the population is increasing. >> bob: i want to say something. >> kimberly: where are you going? >> bob: that is ridiculous. >> eric: we are opposite. you wear a tie, i don't. you're liberal, i'm not. i wear -- -- i'm normal, you are not. >> dana: you're both so incredibly good looking. >> bob: can i make a point? gallup came out today and showed for the first time o
a lot of people feel that bill clinton outshined obama. you yourself thought michelle obama was fantastic. and some people are suggesting that biden was even better. >> bob: i thought biden's speech was remarkably good. i think he made one or two mistakes in it. i was wrong. i thought obama would do, what is it again? mea culpa. which he did not do. >> kimberly: you promised us that. >> bob: i was wrong, and i admit it. but the thing about people dropping out of the workforce,...